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TIL that Spotify's logo is crooked.

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X01yX TIL Stilton cheese cannot be legally produced in the village of Stilton.
WN9Y TIL: The phrase “The luck of the Irish” is actually meant to be offensive. It’s as if to say: “only by sheer luck, as opposed to brains, could these fools succeed”
v1po4 TIL the cofounder of the New York Times manned a Gatling Gun to defend the paper’s headquarters during the 1863 New York draft riots
4v8g TIL the U.S. dollar symbol “$” was created on April 1, 1778 by Oliver Pollock
yQRVM TIL that Steve McQueen and Keith Moon (drummer for The Who) were neighbors. Their relationship soured after Moon came to McQueen's house once, broke in, got bit by McQueen's dog, and bit the dog back. The conflict stopped after McQueen blew out a light that Moon kept on to annoy him with a shotgun.